Punish only the bad posts - don't punish the poster.
When a group starts to shun a poster across the board, rejecting even
their good posts, then it is no longer a decent, well-functioning
social group. What it becomes instead is a cult of personality, where
certain people become demonized, even when they're behaving well.
You should reward good behavior. You should never scapegoat people.
Joyce
Yowie - 26 Dec 2004 21:31 GMT
> Punish only the bad posts - don't punish the poster.
>
> When a group starts to shun a poster across the board, rejecting even
> their good posts, then it is no longer a decent, well-functioning
> social group. What it becomes instead is a cult of personality, where
> certain people become demonized, even when they're behaving well.
Well said, Joyce.
Yowie